{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-bankruptcy-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-bankruptcy-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111033159",
  "legislation_title": "The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-bankruptcy-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Application of Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 to limited partnerships",
  "text": "(1) The application of the Act to the sequestration of the estate of a limited partnership is subject to the modifications specified in this regulation.\n(2) Any reference in the Act or in legislation made under it (unless the context suggests otherwise) to a partnership (other than in section 6(1)) or to a firm shall be construed as including a reference to a limited partnership.\n(3) In the application of section 15 of the Act (jurisdiction) to limited partnerships—\n(a) AiB has jurisdiction if a limited partnership is registered in Scotland and has a place of business in Scotland; and\n(b) the sheriff has jurisdiction if a limited partnership is registered in Scotland and has a place of business within the sheriff’s sheriffdom.\n(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sections 26(1), 27(11) and 30(9) of the Act, the sheriff clerk must send a copy of every court order mentioned in those sections to the Registrar of Limited Partnerships in Scotland.\n(5) In the case of a debtor application by a limited partnership, AiB must send a copy of the determination to the Registrar of Limited Partnerships in Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This regulation re-enacts regulation 8 of the 2014 Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111033159/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:10.494450+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}